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Version 1.0 Final Report New Jersey’s TSM&O Strategic Plan and ITS Architecture Prepared for North Jersey Transportation Planning Authority Prepared by in association with Advantage Engineering Associates, P.C. December 2014 Contents Version 1.0 ............................................................................................................................................... I Document Control Record ....................................................................................................................... III Acronyms and Abbreviations .................................................................................................................. IV Executive Summary .................................................................................................................................. 1 State of the Practice ................................................................................................................................ 1 Vision, Goals and Objectives ................................................................................................................... 2 Strategic Recommendations for The Connected Corridor...................................................................... 5 Institutional Recommendations ................................................................................................ 5 Operational Recommendations ................................................................................................. 6 Implementing, Maintaining, and Updating ............................................................................................. 9 Recommendations ................................................................................................................................... 9 Introduction and Overview ....................................................................................................... 1-1 1.1 Background ............................................................................................................................ 1-1 1.2 The Connected Corridor......................................................................................................... 1-2 1.2.1 Vision ........................................................................................................................ 1-2 1.2.2 Goals ......................................................................................................................... 1-2 1.3 The New Jersey Transportation Systems Management and Operations Plan ...................... 1-4 1.4 Context of The Connected Corridor ....................................................................................... 1-6 1.5 Document Layout ................................................................................................................... 1-8 The Connected Corridor from an Institutional Perspective ......................................................... 2-1 2.1 Mainstreaming Operations at the Agency Level ................................................................... 2-1 2.2 Mainstreaming Operations at the Regional and State Levels ............................................... 2-4 2.3 Performance-Based Approach to Metropolitan Transportation Planning ............................ 2-6 2.3.1 Regional Goals .......................................................................................................... 2-7 2.3.2 Operations Objectives .............................................................................................. 2-7 2.3.3 Performance Measures............................................................................................. 2-9 2.3.4 Identify, Evaluate, and Select Operations Strategies.............................................. 2-11 2.4 Summary of Recommendations for Institutional integration.............................................. 2-13 The Connected Corridor from an Operations Perspective ........................................................... 3-1 The Connected Corridor from a Technical Perspective ................................................................ 4-1 The Future and Next Steps ........................................................................................................ 5-1 5.1 Future Technologies and Applications ................................................................................... 5-1 5.2 Maintaining and Updating The Connected Corridor Concepts.............................................. 5-2 References ................................................................................................................................ 6-1 Tables Table ES-1 Intelligent Transportation System Architecture Committee Membership ...............................3 Table ES-2 TSM&O Recommendations for The Connected Corridor ....................................................... 10 Table 1 IAC Membership .................................................................................................................... 1-1 Table 2 Summary of Selected Operations and Benefits ..................................................................... 1-5 I Table 3 Levels of Capability Maturity Model Organizational and Institutional Maturity ................... 2-2 Table 4 Summary of Results from the New Jersey Capability Maturity Model Workshop ................ 2-3 Table 5 Institutional Recommendations for Moving Towards “Better/Best”— Agency Level .......... 2-4 Table 6 Sample Operations-Oriented Objectives for The Connected Corridor .................................. 2-8 Table 7 Institutional Recommendations for Moving Towards “Better/Best” - Regional and Statewide ............................................................................................................................................. 2-13 Table 8 TSM&O Program Areas and Contribution to Achieving Goals ............................................... 3-3 Table 9 TSMO Program Areas and Involved Agencies ........................................................................ 3-4 Table 10 Program Areas and Operations Recommendations for The Connected Corridor ................. 3-5 Table 11 New/Updated Service Packages Included in the Updated NJ ITS Architecture ..................... 4-2 Table 12 Relationship between National ITS Architecture Goals and The Connected Corridor Goals 4-3 Figures Figure ES-1: The Connected Corridor Vision and Goals ...................................................................................... 4 Figure ES-2: Integration considerations .............................................................................................................. 5 Figure ES-3: An Objectives-Driven, Performance- Based Approach to Metropolitan Planning ......................... 6 Figure ES-4: Continuum of Operations Strategies .............................................................................................. 7 Figure 1: The Connected Corridor Vision and Goals .................................................................................. 1-4 Figure 2: Integration Considerations ......................................................................................................... 1-6 Figure 3: Continuous Life-Cycle and Phases of the Connected Corridor ................................................... 1-7 Figure 4: MPO Regions............................................................................................................................... 2-5 Figure 5: An Objectives-Driven, Performance- Based Approach ............................................................... 2-7 Figure 6: Continuum of Operations Strategies .......................................................................................... 3-1 Figure 7: Systems Engineering “Vee” Diagram .......................................................................................... 4-1 Appendix A Additional Information on Program Areas and Selected Transportation Systems Management and Operations Strategies II Document Control Record Version Main Changes Contributions From Date V1.0 Final, incorporating comments on previous S. Dilts, L. Neudorff (CH2M) December 2014 draft from multiple stakeholders and S. Caviness (NJTPA) III Acronyms and Abbreviations AASHTO American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials ATM active traffic management CAD computer-aided dispatch CMM capability maturity model D-RIDE dynamic ridesharing DVRPC Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission FHWA Federal Highway Administration G-MAP Comprehensive Regional Goods Movement Action Program for the New York-New Jersey Metropolitan Region (as issued by the Port Authority of New York / New Jersey) HSIP Highway Safety Improvement Program I-78 Interstate 78 I-95 Interstate 95 IAC ITS Architecture Committee ICM integrated corridor management ITS Intelligent Transportation System ITSRC ITS Resource Center MAP-21 Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century NJDOT New Jersey Department of Transportation NJIT New Jersey Institute of Technology NJTPA North Jersey Transportation Planning Authority NPRM Notices of Proposed Rulemaking Plan 2040 Plan 2040: NJTPA Regional Transportation Plan for Northern New Jersey RIMIS Regional Integrated Multimodal Information Sharing SJTPO South Jersey Transportation Planning Organization SSP safety service patrol STIP state transportation improvement program Strategic Plan The Connected Corridor plan TIM traffic incident management TIP transportation improvement program TOPS-BC Tools for Operations